Assignment about What is the Purpose of Healthcare?

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Healthcare
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Healthcare
Introduction
The social determinants of the health distribution are the situations in which people are
born, live, grow, work and age. Such conditions are shaped by the placement of aspects like
power, money, and resources at the local, national and global level, also known as a structural
determinant of health inequalities. The social determinants of health include education, income,
and housing that impacts the health of a population. The social determinants of health
inequalities are apparent in the unequal distribution of the broad societal aspects in an unfair
manner (Batterham et al., 2016).
Determinants of health
The main factor that defines the health of the Canadians is not the lifestyle choices or the
medical treatments but rather the conditions of living that they experience. The Canadian
contributions to the social determinants of health aspects have been pervasive and categorize
Canada as the ‘'health promotion powerhouse'' in the global perspective. The well-being of the
Canadians is determined by the distribution of wealth and income, employment status, working
conditions, as well as the ability to acquire quality education, food, and housing (Raphael, 2016).
There is enough evidence that the quality of the social determinants of health with the Canadian
experience assist in explaining the vast inequalities of health that exist among the citizens. The
life expectancy and the susceptibility to cardiovascular disease or adult-onset diabetes are more
determined by the conditions of living. The same explanations apply to their offspring: the
survival difference among the children living in Canada is beyond the first year of life.

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Childhood challenges like injuries and asthma, but their performance in school is part of the
social determinants of health these kids go through (Sharma et al. 2018).
Stress body and illness
Persons suffering from adverse material and social lifestyle also experience a high level
of psychological and physiological stress. The situation arises due to difficulty in coping with
poor quality housing, inadequate working conditions, food insecurity and low income as well as
various forms of discrimination. Stressful situations provoke the ‘'fight or flight'' reaction, which
introduces chronic stress in the body if an individual does not have enough recovery opportunity
in a conducive environment (Sharma et al. 2018). Continuous feeling of insecurity, shame and
lack of self-esteem can result from the poor living and stressful conditions.
Therefore, the best way to eliminate stress and improve health situations is enhancing the
standards of living of people. The elected representatives are committed to implementing a
policy that ensures good quality social health determinants for each Canadian.
Income and income distribution
It might be the most crucial social health determinant that affects physical functioning.
The increasing income inequality also enhanced the growth of the middle class in the country
since 1980-2005 in the proportion of the families that are currently very poor or rich (Blair,
Siddiqi & Frank, 2018). The increased wealth inequality in Canada is more than troubling.
Wealth is the best long-term outcome of health since it is a better metric of calculating financial